need help choosing a laptop

[John Nielsen]

On Thursday 16 April 2009 07:34:18 pm Pavel Gorshkov wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:27:17AM -0300, Douglas wrote:
> > You might check this out :)
> >
> > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2009-March/011396.h
> >tml
>
> Thanks, I've read that thread in the past, just as the other huge
> thread labeled 'laptop suggestions', but there isn't much to
> choose from.
>
> Dell XPS M1330 is way too small for my purposes, I was hoping to
> find something with a bigger screen, more USB ports, ATI RadeonHD
> instead of Nvidia (for obvious reasons) etc.
>
> Something like e.g. Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Xa 3530, which
> unfortunately doesn't look FreeBSD-friendly :-)

I haven't looked recently but in the past Fujitsu LifeBooks have been good 
options, especially if you can still custom-configure one and get the 
Atheros wireless, etc. 8000 series IIRC.

JN